Before she had found herself awakening in this world the mysterious being who appeared responsible mentioned bestowing her a boon.

Among the information that had been forced into her mind was a method on how to enter what is called her soul space.

Closing her eyes like the method described, she started focusing on her breathing, entering a state of concentration.

Focusing on her inner self she found the method was not difficult and she soon found the strange object that was described to be located within her subconscious.

There was a large tower that stood out inconspicuously. It felt unnatural but at the same time like something that belonged.

Looking at the reflective space around her she suddenly discovered she seemed to be back in her previous body.

‘So this is what it means imagining I’m myself walking around a street…’

The method the information described was short and concise, mentioning she was to picture herself doing something familiar to her and she would find what the entity left within her soul.

It wasn’t difficult for her to enter a meditative state since she practiced in her previous life, nonetheless this was strange to her, everything felt a bit too real and the visualisation of this space came about too naturally.

Deciding to ignore the uncomfortable feeling, she started walking towards the one thing out of place within this space.

The large tower. Despite the feeling in her soul that there was nothing out of the ordinary about it at an instinctual level she felt a powerful, oppressive aura emanating from it that was difficult to describe.

Upon arriving at the tower she felt herself reaching out towards it regardless of her own trepidation.

Straight after making contact with the tower she felt a strange link form as if the tower was connecting to her on an intimate level.

Then as soon as the connection was formed she felt a huge amount of power force it’s way into her consciousness, circling a few times until it finally retracted allowing her to gather her thoughts again.

Searching her mind for anything different, she now felt that she could enter the tower whenever she willed, deciding to do so at that moment she found her consciousness becoming blurry for a period before she awoke in a strange space.

Within it was a large room made of an unknown but precious looking material. There were bookshelves filled with manuals of some kind and right in the middle of the room was a large altar.

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Standing beside the altar was a man who resembled a glacial piece of ice, seeming as if he was completely detached from everything around him.

Before she could make any further movements, the man’s voice sounded like thunder as he spoke, ‘Welcome to the Astral Tower, now now although you are a disappointment for a new master, I guess I should introduce myself, my name is Cense and I am the spirit of the tower. I’m sure you have much questions… and I will answer them but firstly I will tell you why I have been bestowed to you, is that to your agreement?’

Ava found herself nodding to the question before he even finished and then the spirit, Cense began explaining the whole reason behind her earning the entity’s favour.

‘Now… the being who brought you here is an entity of immense power, even I am not sure exactly how strong he is despite my infinite wisdom, however even with his age and power he seen something in you that even interested him. Normally a soul artefact like me is of no use to him, in fact although it hurts my pride as a great spirit to admit, despite my unique ability I am pretty much useless to most cultivators apart from being a useful storage space. My primary usage comes in the fact that I can harness Astral Qi, an energy that usually is of no use to cultivators… in fact I was created as some experiment to test how Astral Qi can be used to…’

Cense was about to go into some rant until the confused look on her face seemed to have reminded him of something.

‘Oh! Yes I remember now, aren’t you a simpleton from a world without cultivation? How foolish of me’

And just like that Cense’s cold, cool appearance was shattered by his apparent idiocy.

Ignoring the look of disdain on her face Cense decided it was time to give her an introduction, ‘There are two primary paths in cultivation. One of a Warrior and of a Magus. There are subgroups belonging to either path but for now I won’t go into detail about them. Warriors condense elemental force into Battle Qi, a persons elemental force is determined by their natural affinities in that element. Someone who has a good affinity of fire, can absorb that particular elemental force and convert it into fire attributed Battle Qi. A Warrior stores their Battle Qi in their bodies, therefore they would train the strength of their bodies as a strong body allows you to store more Battle Qi. Similar to the Magus path the first realm of cultivation of a warrior has nine tiers separated into three bottlenecks at the final stage of the third tier. There are further realms beyond the first nonetheless most inhabitants of this world will not even go beyond the sixth tier of the first realm.’

‘What about a Magus?’ Ava couldn’t help but curiously ask, already deeply interested on the idea of cultivation in this world.

And judging by the look of complete smugness on Cense’s face he had noticed.

‘The Warrior path is usually what most train in since its restrictions are less than that of a Magus. A Magus on the other hand instead of the body relies on their mental energy, in what is referred to as spiritual force. They also require a strong affinity to a specific element in order to gather the required elemental force to charge their magic, however they primarily rely on a sufficient amount of spiritual essence that comes from having a strong soul in the early stages. A Mage would control the elemental force they gather through their spiritual energy to form it into a spell for them to use… both paths are powerful and have their strengths, weaknesses, you on the other hand won’t have to worry about that as you have sufficient means to train in both…’ Cense said mysteriously.

‘Huh does that mean I’m talented?’ Ava couldn’t help but voice aloud.

The spirits face scrunched up as if he was about to burst into laughter at such a ridiculous question as he said, ‘No! In fact for this worlds standard you’d be considered pure trash if they assessed your talent for either path. However you have a very unique aspect about you that even the individuals with the best talent cannot compare to… your soul seems able to harness Astral energy’